A selection of New Year's handicrafts from light bulbs

With the advent of LED and energy-saving light bulbs, old incandescent light bulbs are used less and less. But don't rush to throw out burnt-outs.





Give free rein to your imagination and faulty light sources will turn into Christmas balls, penguins, snowmen or other fairy-tale characters.





Start a second life as an original and unique decoration of the Christmas tree, give joy and festive mood to your family.

New Year's toy from the Christmas light bulb lamp-toy They have their own history. The production of such toys was established during the war at the Moscow plant "Caliber". They were made from waste products - substandard light bulbs.

Toy bulbs have produced quite a lot, but more than 70 years have passed, so now such toys are rare and valuable.

Snowmen



You'll need it.

• 2 filament lamps
• socks
• ribbon
• paint
• sponge, brush, scissors, glue gun

Status of work

1. Stick a ribbon loop to the bulb cap.
   
   
   
2. With a sponge, paint the light bulb with white acrylic paint. Wait for the paint to dry.
3. To make snowman caps, cut off the top of the socks (rubber and another 5 centimeters).
4. After the paint on the snowmen dries, put on the bulbs from the base cap.
5. Tie them tightly with ribbons in the middle. Make vertical cuts with scissors to turn the sock above the tie into a fringe.
   
   
   
6. Draw snowmen with black paint eyes, mouth and buttons.
   
   
   
7. Noses can be painted with red paint, or you can cut out of the fabric and glue.
8. Cut the little scarves out of the socks. Lock them on snowmen with glue.
   
   
   
9. Make a snowman girl braids out of thread.
10. Hang the snowmen on the tree.

Penguin



You'll need it.

• 1 filament lamp
• paint
• white and black cardboard
• chipboard
• wool
• Sponge, brush, scissors, glue gun, stapler.

Status of work

1. With a sponge, paint the light bulb with black acrylic paint. Wait for the paint to dry.
2. Draw a penguin white belly paint.
   
   
   
3. Cut two white cardboard eye mugs and two black pupil mugs.
4. Put your eyes on the light bulb.
5. Draw your beak and legs with red paint.
   
   
   
6. Draw your wings and eyebrows in black.
7. Cut a rectangular strip from the cardboard. Roll it into a ring slightly larger than the bulb cap. Secure it with a stapler.
8. Tie the base with threads to make a wool cap.
   
   
   
9. Tie one thread to the base of the light bulb and run the loop through the cap. Put a hat on the penguin.
   
   
   
10. Light bulb penguin ready. Hang him by the noose on the Christmas tree.

Brilliant flashlights



You'll need it.

• 2-3 light bulbs
• solvent
• cotton, sponge, acrylic paint
• glitter
• PVA glue
• lacquer
• lamp-holder

Status of work

1. Wipe the light bulbs with solvent.
2. Paint with a sponge in the chosen color. It is convenient to do this by screwing the paw into the cartridge.
   
   
   
3. Sprinkle another wet light with sequins.
   
   
   
4. With PVA glue, draw white stars or snowflakes on light bulbs.
   
   
   
5. Sprinkle the patterns with sequins of contrasting color.
   
   
   
6. Cover the painted light bulbs with varnish.
7. Decorate the tree with colorful lanterns and admire the result.

So, there are many ways to turn unnecessary old light bulbs into Christmas decorations. Light bulbs can be painted, tied with threads, decorated with beads and sequins, turned into funny animals and fairy-tale heroes. Choose a method and experiment!